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Nov. 7-10, 2027

Savannah Convention Center
Savannah, Ga.
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Mon Oct 19•11:00 AM – 11:30 AM•Solutions Theater Stage (Expo Hall)

ST05 – Scratch That: Rethinking Healthcare Flooring for Performance, Safety & Sustainability

Solutions Theater (Expo Hall)
What if the most important thing about a scratch on a healthcare floor isn’t what you see, but what you can’t? A scratched floor is a compromised floor where microorganisms can breed and harbor. A scratch isn’t simply an aesthetic problem, but an infection prevention concern, raising important questions about surface integrity, cleanability, and the ability to withstand the rigorous demands of the healthcare environment.
 
By challenging the traditional “replace when worn” mindset, this fast-paced session will examine what durability really means in practice and connects the dots between surface integrity, infection prevention, life-cycle and sustainability. We’ll explore why healthcare flooring should be selected not only for how it looks, but for how well it performs over time.
 
The session will conclude with strategies to evaluate healthcare flooring by selecting materials that can withstand or recover from the wear and damage inherent in healthcare environments, while supporting infection prevention, performance, and sustainability throughout their lifecycle.
 
 
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Speakers

Shari Solomon
Shari SolomonPresident, CleanHealth Environmental, LLC
Jane Rohde
Jane RohdePrincipal, Founder, JSR Associates, Inc, Live Together, Inc.
Meghan McBride
Meghan McBrideVice President, Strategic Accounts, Tarkett

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Sun Oct 18•4:45 PM – 5:15 PM•Solutions Theater Stage (Expo Hall)

ST01 – Installing with Confidence Day 1 – Classic Installation of Acrovyn Sheet and Trims

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Learn how to install Acrovyn Sheet and Trims with confidence using proven installation techniques and best practices. This session will cover key steps, common challenges, and tips for achieving a professional, long-lasting finish.

 

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ST03 – Beyond the Respite Room: Caring for Caregivers as a Community

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A respite room may help one caregiver recover for a moment. A community of support can help all caregivers flourish over time.
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Donna Gaffney, author of Courageous Wellbeing for Nurses, will draw on emerging research and leading-edge thinking—including the scholarship of Andrew Soren and Carol Ryff, alongside her own work—to explore how meaningful work can flourish when caregivers are supported in community. Joined by design researcher Rod Vickroy
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A respite room may help one caregiver recover for a moment. A community of support can help all caregivers flourish over time.
Donna Gaffney, author of Courageous Wellbeing for Nurses, will draw on emerging research and leading-edge thinking—including the scholarship of Andrew Soren and Carol Ryff, alongside her own work—to explore how meaningful work can flourish when caregivers are supported in community. Joined by design researcher Rod Vickroy, Gaffney will examine how healthcare environments can move beyond places of individual escape toward spaces that help caregivers reach out to, and reach for, one another.
Healthcare design has become very good at creating places for caregivers to step away: a quiet room, a single chair, a moment alone. Those spaces matter. This session asks the next question: How can the spaces between those moments help caregivers find one another?
Drawing on Ryff’s multidimensional model of psychological well-being and contemporary work reclaiming the communal dimensions of eudaimonic flourishing, Gaffney and Vickroy reframe what it means to design for caregivers. From break rooms and team hubs to the paths caregivers travel during a shift and the sightlines that determine whether someone is visible or alone, design choices can either strengthen everyday connection or quietly reinforce isolation.
Participants will examine decent, dignified respite space as a necessary foundation—and then look beyond it to the relational infrastructure of care: the spatial conditions that make informal check-ins, shared recovery, mutual recognition, and timely help more possible. They will leave with a practical framework for evaluating existing and future spaces not only for their capacity to offer respite, but also for their ability to enable caregivers to sustain the work of caring for others—together.
 
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ST04 – Creating an Ecosystem of Safety for the Surgical Care Environment

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